Almond Blanc and Breakfast Dish from Old Cookbooks
A collection of vintage kitchen notes describes almond blanc from French and English recipes, blending blanched almonds with sugar and orange flower water, then setting with gelatin for a molded dessert served with almond cream. It also details a breakfast dish using a roasted ox check simmered with spices, egg garnish, and a tarragon vinegar liquor, plus a method for preserving green gooseberries in sugar syrup and jars.
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Boston
Leeds Mercury
Mrs. Rover
Orange Judd Farmer
Sun Burned Cheeks Care and Nighttime Skincare Tips
A dated guidance piece explains in detail how to treat sunburned face and hands. It advises cold cream before excursions, a sponge bath and breath-holding facial immersion after returning home, gentle drying, light powder, and another cleansing and cold cream at night. Cautions about dusty carpets and sleeping conditions are noted.
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Jenness Miller
Renewing Youth in Bruce Through Pink Pills Cure
A World-Herald report from Bruce Nebraska describes Andrew Finkenkeler, a former First Iowa Volunteers member, praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People after decades of rheumatism and sun sensitivity. He details a remarkable recovery from 1896 illness to regained strength, energy, and weight, enabling him to resume work and take a night watchman job after using the pills since November.
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World-Herald
Omaha
Neb
Bruce
Andrew Finkenkeler
Iowa
Austin
Texas
Alexander
World Herald
Forest Laws
Dr. Williams’ Medical Co
Schenectady
The Actress Seeks Exit Amid Manager Threats
The actress tells her lawyer she wants to leave the company. The lawyer doubts damages would hold, noting the manager threatens suit if she quits. The exchange, reported by the Chicago Evening Post, frames a conflict over departure threats.
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Chicago Evening Post
A Little Wise Caution from a Back Window Burglar
A fragment shows two burglars plotting entry to a large store through a back window. The first says the hole is big enough to enter quietly, while the second warns to keep noise down lest watchmen wake. The dialogue reads as a brief, period-voice crime snippet from the Weekly.
Dispute Over Swamp Lots Turns to Malaria Complaint
A new suburban resident complains to a real estate agent that selling parcels described as home sites failed to reveal swampy conditions. The buyer cites malaria affecting his family while the agent questions causing dissatisfaction.
The Proper Caper Bridegroom Missing At Church
Extracted fragments show a wedding miscue where the bride leaves the church with no ceremony as the bridegroom fails to appear. Other snippets reference humorous exchanges about wedding cake and a farmer joke about a college hammer.
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van Jay
Hortense
Brooklyn
Hayrake
Oatstraw
Unconquerable Spirit Noted in Mrs Jones Charles
A fragment from Pick Me Up recalls Mrs Jones Charles with an unconquerable spirit. The dialogue hints at a stubborn resolve and a remark about blocking a front door early.
Fighting the corn worm pest in crops and tomatoes
The corn worm, a widespread pest also called boll worm in the south, attacks corn, peas, beans and tomatoes. It eats kernels under husks. detect by eaten silk or holes in ears. Direct remedies are hard. best use early corn rows, plow deeply, feed damaged ears to hogs, and apply kerosene emulsion for tomato infestations.
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Chance
Giant corn variety found in Peru may boost U.S. crops
The department of agriculture reports a new giant corn type named zea amylacea from Peru. It yields ears four times larger than ordinary maize, is very prolific and sturdy, with multiple varieties including one suited for canning due to high sugar content. Origins trace to central Mexico, with spread to the U S and Peru prior to 700 AD.
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Peru
Department of Agriculture
Morton
North America
United States
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Rio Grande
Maine
The Horse Iadiers to Stay
The piece argues horses will remain beloved and central to outdoor life despite inventions like horseless carriages. It asserts horses are intelligent, noble, and indispensable to riders and drivers, and that only a future void of outdoor enthusiasts would consign the horse to decline.
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Manuy
Strange will legal fight over Spanish legacy ends in treasury
Queen Christina of Spain loses a legible will over a stamped paper requirement, Don Solér's holograph in 185 is invalid, and the fortune goes to the treasury due to no legal heirs. Conan Doyle notes lecture income far below a sought figure. No-To-Bac is advertised as a tobacco habit cure. An athletic boast mentions Band on strength. Shakespearean quotes close the piece.
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Christina
Spain
Alexandro Soler
Senor Solér
Sterling Remedy Co
New York City
Chicago
Important Difference and Comfort From Syrup of Figs
To show thousands who think themselves ill that they are not affected by my disease, the system needs cleansing. A positive condition is cured by using Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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The
California Fig Syrup Co
Remorse After Unlawful Fruition If Innocence Was Bartered
Jane Porter notes the consequence of unlawful desire and the bitter consequence that follows a compromised innocence. The core truth remains that pleasure gained unlawfully leaves a lingering, unfulfilling aftertaste and moral discomfort.
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Jane Porter
Mystery at church party prompts sharp question
A stranger questions a small boy about a procession leaving a church on 11th Avenue. The boy replies with a terse, unsure line about something new but tied going out, as reported by the Texas Biftings.
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11Th Avenue
Cheap rail rates to G A R encampment in Louisville
Cheap round trip fares from St Louis to Louisville for the G A R National Encampment September 11, 12 and 13. The Air Line Railroad will sell returning tickets through October 6 1805. The line boasts low costs per mile, fastest route, and refined service. Includes mention of Camp Perry and a humorous Tit Bits exchange.
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G. A. R. National
Louisville
Louisville, Evansville
St. Louis
Air Ling * BR
A. Camppery
Harvest Excursions on Milwaukee and St Paul Railway
The Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces three Harvest Excursions on August 20 September 10 and September 2. Round trip tickets valid for return on any Friday from September 18 to October 11 offered to West Northwest and Southwest at about one fare. Apply via coupon ticket agents or Geo HL Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Northwest
Orten
Orrar
Basters
Milwaukee & St. Paul Rty
South
Heafford
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul B’y
Mill's Catarrh Cure and Cure Claims
A fragment from a 1904 medic al advertisement notes Mill's Catarrh Cure as a Constitutional Cure with price listed as Ze. It mentions Cady Huntington Indiana and quotes a testimonial about relief from throat and lung trouble and odd remarks about remedies.
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Mill
Price Ze
Pico
Cady
Huntington
Ind
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